Our hearts are broken by the senseless act of violence that took this child's life.' 'I want to offer our deep and profound condolences to the family of this precious 3-year-old child. The suspects were thought to have been driving a red Ford Mustang but other reports said it could be a Dodge Charger. The Windy City ranks seventh in America for murders, according to the New York Times. Mateo is the second child to be shot in the head while sitting in a vehicle in Chicago in less than a month, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot struggles to get a grip on the city's spiraling murder rate. 'The mother attempted to leave from the other vehicles, when the offender subsequently followed her,' 8th District Commander Bryan Spreyne said. He was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center but the dinosaur-loving toddler died eight hours later.

The mother was reported to have tried to drive away after becoming embroiled in some sort of dispute with a red sedan after leaving the mall near 44th & West Marquette Road in the West Lawn neighborhood around 8.30pm.īut the red car followed her and brazenly shot into the family vehicle, hitting Mateo in the head. Mateo Zastro was riding with his family in the white SUV on the Southwest Side Friday night when a red sedan pulled up and a gunman in the back seat opened fire. A three-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed in the back of his mother's car in a Chicago road rage incident that has horrified the local community.

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